Chinese archeologists have found a mausoleum of 11 imperial concubines of Emperor Huangtaiji, the second emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), in northern Shenyang, capital of Liaoning Province.

Seat of supreme power for over five centuries (1416-1911), the Forbidden City in Beijing, with its landscaped gardens and many buildings (whose nearly 10,000 rooms contain furniture and works of art), ...

Access to this vast complex of grand palaces, abundant gardens, and sacred pavilions was off limits to most of imperial China's people, who could only imagine the grandeur beyond the gates. Hall of ...